TV highlights 16/05/2013

Live Test Cricket: England v New Zealand | Bradford: City Of Dreams | Aliens: Are we Alone? | The Murder Workers | The Tube: An Underground History | Murder On The Home Front | America's Most Secret: Structures | Being Human USA

The Tube: An Underground History. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Live Test Cricket: England v New Zealand10am, Sky Sports 1

This two-test series is effectively a warm-up for what will be the main cricketing event for England in the Summer: the Ashes series in July. The most significant story is the knee injury of England's Kevin Pietersen, now back in favour with selectors after a period in the wilderness. This first test at Lord's will be a chance for his colleagues to show what form they are in against the redoubtable New Zealand, who forced a series draw with England back in March. David Stubbs

Bradford: City Of Dreams8pm, BBC2

The second episode of this unashamedly positive two-parter gets to grips with more of the city's entrepreneurs flourishing despite those pesky "gloomy economic conditions". From local Polish supermarket kingpin "Dennis" to Marcin, the Polish immigrant building a smoked-sausage business, we learn that adapting to the changing cultural makeup of the city brings economic rewards. Insightful stuff, which steers clear of the "segregation city" stamp that shows of this kind have been shackled to in the past. Lanre Bakare

Aliens: Are We Alone? 8pm, Channel 5

If Danny Dyer couldn't manage it for BBC3 on the now-legendary documentary I Believe In UFOs, we're probably not going to get to the bottom of the matter by the end of this investigative documentary on Channel 5. That said, this one-off looks at the findings of Nasa's Kepler space observatory, which is seeking out "Earth-like" planets out there in the "circumstellar habitable zone", so is arguably more likely to turn up something than a daft mockney and some wingnuts off the internet. Ben Arnold

The Murder Workers9pm, Channel 4

In the world of TV drama, murder is all about enigmatic criminals, maverick policemen and brilliant science. In this film, we meet the people who perform the less-publicised roles in the aftermath of murder: the victim-support workers who help negotiate the bureaucracy of real life crime. Whether it's applying for compensation or cancelling bank accounts, murder brings in its wake a litany of administrative tasks before you even get to the bereavement counselling. Contains impressive showings of emotional strength. John Robinson

The Tube: An Underground History9pm, BBC2

Lovely documentary on the remarkably addictive topic of the London Underground, 150 years old this year. As well as looking in on some present-day employees, it traces the "cut and cover" beginnings of the line (conceived to offset above-ground overcrowding in the capital), the ingenious devising of the modern underground map (based on circuit diagrams), and the "ghost stations" that dot the capital, as well as the King's Cross tragedy of 1987, the upshot of years of neglect. DS

Murder On The Home Front9pm, ITV

The hunt continues for a killer in the last episode of this quirky blitz-era pathology drama. With actor and suspect Ronald Terry found dead in his dressing room with his wrists slashed (Collins: "Well, if he's acting now, he's bloody good"), and the body count still rising, DI Freddy Wilkins is under pressure to wind up the case. Meanwhile, Lennox is assaulted by gas-masked goons (Molly: "I've seen some of the corpses looking better than you"), and prime suspect Wilfred Ziegler's time is running out. Ali Catterall

America's Most Secret: Structures9pm, Discovery

This show is probably best left to those who thought The X Files was a documentary. Purporting to uncover the true purpose of US government facilities, including one in Alaska that is supposed to control the weather, it's a mishmash of conspiracy theory, speculation and scaremongering. There's no hard evidence for the conjectures and the commentary is all "could" and "might". Governments get up to dodgy things, no doubt, but this mistakes paranoid gossip for serious investigation. Martin Skegg

Being Human USA10pm, Watch

The US version of the much-admired Being Human continues to fail valiantly to live up to its UK predecessor. Having said that, it's certainly worth considering that, slick as it is, this would be pretty passable had our own version not existed. This week, Aidan gets the vampire equivalent of a sex tape in the post; it stars Rebecca, who is captured for posterity seducing and murdering a stranger in a hotel room. Meanwhile, Josh finally asks out Nora, who agrees to a dinner date. Kind of. BA